The host for the series is the ensemble's longtime composer in residence, Joan Tower.

Island Prelude is a chamber work composed by Joan Tower in 1988.

His composer colleague Joan Tower cautioned him about succumbing to the grandeur of a major commission.

Joan Tower - host for the show at the Dia Center on Saturday afternoon - smiled a lot.

A composer, Joan Tower, spoke about the need for more performers to become active advocates for new music.

The composers were interviewed briefly before each performance by the series host, the composer Joan Tower, personalizing the works in helpful ways for the audience.

Joan Tower, director of music at Bard, will join in as conductor and pianist.

It was somewhat of a shock, for example, to hear the newly Romantic Joan Tower wearing her 1970's clothes.

Even if Joan Tower were inclined to conceal her age, her many friends would not let her.

Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman is a composition by Joan Tower.